USDA, Food and Consumer Service, Contract Management Branch, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 914, Alexandria, VA 22302

R -- CHILD NUTRITION ANALYSIS PROJECT SOL RFP-97-006SMC DUE 040797 POC Stephen Crotwell, Contract Specialist, (703) 305-2265 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service (FCS) plans to solicit for multiple awards, an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract. This contract will have a base year of effort with two option periods of 12 months duration each. A maximum of three contractors will be selected for award. Awardees will be required to conduct analyses of program and policy issues pertaining to the Child Nutrition Programs, particularly the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, Homeless Children Nutrition Program, and State Administrative Expense expenditures for these programs. Successful completion of these analyses will require the awardees to utilize extant data sources to analyze -- 1) the characteristics of children participating in the Child Nutrition Programs, 2) the cost, nutritional, and administrative aspects of the programs, 3) the current and potential participation in these programs, and 4) the effects of potential and actual program changes. In addition, FCS expects the project will require the awardees to perform statistical and qualitative analyses, data file development work, technical reviews and revisions of other FCS studies, mathematical modeling of programs, examinations of particular policy topics and small scale data collections. Offerors proposing on this project must have or have access to expertise from economists, nutritionists, computer programmers (primarily those with database experience), individuals with sound analytic skills, and individuals familiar with FCS programs and the national child care market. It is anticipated that the RFP will be issued on or about April 7, 1997. Award of this contract is subject to the receipt of USDA departmental clearance and approval for Advisory and Assistance services. All requests for this RFP must be in writing (faxed or telephonic requests will not be honored) and include 4 self addressed mailing labels. Requests should be mailed to the USDA, Food and Consumer Service, Contract Management Branch, Rm. 914, Attn: Steve Crotwell, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22032. (0072)

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